Journal of Neurophysiology

a multidisciplinary neuroscience journal

Performance in 2016

In total, Journal of Neurophysiology received 970 submissions in 2015, as compared to 1101 in 2015 (a 12% decline). However, our submissions in 2015 were a record high for the Journal, and 2016 submissions were higher than in 2012-2014. A detailed breakdown of submissions appears below.

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

Editorial

1

1

1

2

5

Letter to Editor

5

9

6

7

5

Innovative Methodology

36

25

35

30

40

NeuroForum

21

40

35

16

12

Rapid Reports

40

36

11

0

0

Research Article

833

961

847

728

824

Review Article

34

29

6

2

8

TOTAL

970

1101

941

785

894

There are two notable features about submissions in 2016. First, Rapid Reports are increasing in popularity. Second, we are receiving more Review Articles, which hopefully will bolster the Journal’s impact factor.

Of the manuscripts processed, 52% were accepted and 48% were rejected. 37 of the rejections were triage rejections (prior to peer review).

Of the rejected manuscripts, 80 were referred to Physiological Reports (including 11 with triage reject decisions).

The table below shows processing times (in days, from receipt to first decision) for manuscripts submitted to Journal of Neurophysiology in 2014-2016.